What can you claim for your job?

Expenses you paid for yourself, that your employer or client did not reimburse, that relate directly to earning your income, and that you can back up with records. What that covers depends on the work: an electrician’s test instruments, a nurse’s registration renewal, a rideshare driver’s fuel for the business share. The finder lists the claims that come up for each occupation, with the ATO page for each.

Many of the same costs, but in different places and sometimes under different rules. An employee claims work expenses at the myTax deduction labels, D1 to D5, such as D1 for car expenses and D5 for other work-related expenses. A sole trader claims business expenses in the business section of the return. Some rules differ too: on wages, a tool of $300 or less is claimed in full that year, while business assets follow the depreciation rules or a small-business write-off when one is available.

Keep them apart. Costs of your job are claimed as work-related deductions; costs of the business are business expenses, and one cost cannot be claimed twice. Choose "Both" in the finder and it shows each side separately, so a car you use for both is split by how much of its use belongs to each.

From the 2026-27 income year, an eligible employee can take a standard deduction of up to $1,000 for work-related expenses without keeping receipts. If what you actually spent is more, claiming your real expenses is usually worth it, and then you need written evidence for every expense you claim. Union fees, donations and the cost of managing your tax affairs are claimed separately either way.

No. The finder runs in your browser and keeps your answers only in the page address, so you can bookmark or share it. Nothing is sent unless you choose to sign up to 2Fin, and then only the occupation, how you earn and which claims you ticked go with you, to set up your account.

Search by what you do rather than your job title, for example "physio", "Uber" or "support worker". If nothing fits, pick the closest group, like Other trade or Office or admin worker, and use the common claims every employee or sole trader should check. The ATO also publishes occupation and industry guides for many jobs.